The Tween Tribune is an online blog style news site where students and teachers can read current news stories that have been summarized on an age appropriate level.
Animals
Art
Book Reviews
Education
Entertainment
Fashion
Food and Health
Inspiration
National News
News You Can Use
Odd News
Opinion
Science
Sports
Technology
Tweens in the News
World News
Age Level Divisions:
Tween Tribune Junior (K-2) Short to the point news selections
Tween Tribune (3-5) Brief news articles around 3-5 paragraph selections
Teen Tribune Middle School Some content is geared toward older students and selections are still around 3-5 paragraphs in length
Teen Tribune Espanol New in Spanish
The Tween Tribune offers quizzes, commenting, Common Core Lesson Plan starters, and online classroom features.
Yummy Math shares math and real world events based on what is happening in the world. Tasks are based on anything from pop culture events, to sports or holidays. The content is news worthy and provides higher order mathematical thinking opportunities to students.
News is available via search or specific categories.
Topics Include:
Algebra
Data and Probability
Geometry
Number Sense
Sports
Holidays and Annual Events
Math and Science
Math and Food
Math and Social Studies
Math and Art
Movies and Entertainment
Blog news
AwesomeStories chooses age-old stories, current events, and 21st century media; researches context and presents organized relevant primary sources to fuel lessons supporting teachers in engaging students in active learning, developing critical thinking skills, and constructing knowledge. Each captivating story links to relevant primary resources, building a rich context for the story, and enabling a story to support deeper study and cross-curricular instruction. The teacher can lead students through the resources in class or set students loose in the safe, reliable, authentic research website to pursue learning objectives on their own.
Topics Include:
Biographies
Disasters
Famous Trials
Flicks
History
Philosophy
Sports
The Arts
1. Go to kidblog.org
2. CLICK CREATE A CLASS
3. Choose a Display Name (this will appear on the login screen)
4. Fill in all necessary information
5. Choose A Class Name remember this will appear at the top of the Class Blog
1. FIRST METHOD: Importing Students Into KidBlog (middle school/high school)
1. Place User Name and Student Password in an Excel spreadsheet
2. Go to Control Panel once logged in your Kidblog account.
3. Near the top of the page click on Users and then click Bulk-Create Users.
3. Near the bottom of the page Browse for the CSV File (which is an excel spreadsheet)
4. Click the Blue Button Process CSV File
5. You will now see the usernames that have been created.
An example:
Kidblog will only allow 50 users per class. If needed, you can also create a new class.
2. SECOND METHOD: Allowing Students to Join Your Class (elementary)
4. Teacher Clicks CONTROL PANEL (upper right corner)
5. Teacher Clicks SETTINGS (middle of the page)
6. Teacher Clicks SHOW FOR PROJECTOR/SCREEN this will display the code students will need to type in.
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7. Students type the code in and click JOIN CLASS
8. Students type in first name and Compass password.
9. Students will never do this again since they will just go your teacher webpage and click Our Class Blog and then they will pick their name from the list and type in the password there.
Regenerate The Class Code
You will want to regenerate your class code so other student that are not in your class will get it and join the blog.
1. The Teacher will go to CONTROL PANEL
2. Click SETTINGS
3. Under Class Signup Code click REGENERATE (this will change the code so others will not know it but you can use the new code if you ever need to add a student quickly)
3. Third METHOD: Add students to your class and give them a startup password (elementary)
1. Log in to your Kidblog class
2. Click on your NAME in the top right corner near the logout link.
3. Click on the USERS tab.
4. Click on ADD NEW USERS.
5. Add a display name for a student (Example Hayden or HaydenD)
6. Add a password (You might manually enter a different password, such as a lunch number for each, or give all students the same password and then have them change it later - Example - panthers.)
7. Make sure "Student" is selected in the ROLE drop down.
8. Click "ADD NEW USER"
9. Repeat steps 5 thru 8 for all students.
How Students Log In
10. When you are ready for students to log in, take them to the direct link to your kidblog. (Example - kidblog.org/MsHooversClass-3)
11. Have them click "Login" in the top right corner on the blue bar.
12. Have them choose their name from the dropdown menu.
13. Have them enter the password you assigned them.
Choosing An Avatar and Background *Changing Backgrounds is now a "paid" feature. Teachers can change the background for the group, but individual students cannot change their own backgrounds.
1. Students will be logged in on their DASHBOARD
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2. Have them look for the empty picture and CLICK CHANGE AVATAR
3. Students Click OR CHOOSE FROM OUR COLLECTION
4. Students Press SAVE AVATAR
5. Students can also choose the theme that will appear on their Blog by Clicking the dot for the theme they would like
6. Students will have to press UPDATE PROFILE by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
Adjusting The Teacher Control Panel
1. Once logged in Kidblog choose Control Panel.
2. Choose Settings
3. Inside Settings you can adjust control the look and feel of Kidblog including Posts, Comments, and User Permissions *If you want students' posts and comments to show immediately, be sure that the settings for both Posts and Comments are set to No Moderation.
In this session teachers will learn how to:
-Provide Students with High Interest Informational Text for Stimulus
-Post Writing Prompts on a Blog in Order To Engage Students In the Writing Process
-Create and Manage A Class Blog
-Organize A Class Blog
-Create A Community Of Learners That Contribute High Quality Academic Feedback
-Encourage Students to Use Peer and Teacher Academic Feedback to Improve Writing
STIMULUS TOOLS: http://tweentribune.com & http://www.yummymath.com/ & http://awesomestories.com/
Tween Tribune
The Tween Tribune is an online blog style news site where students and teachers can read current news stories that have been summarized on an age appropriate level.
News is divided by topic as well as age level.
*Nonfiction Text Resource List
Topics Include:
AnimalsArt
Book Reviews
Education
Entertainment
Fashion
Food and Health
Inspiration
National News
News You Can Use
Odd News
Opinion
Science
Sports
Technology
Tweens in the News
World News
Age Level Divisions:
Tween Tribune Junior (K-2) Short to the point news selectionsTween Tribune (3-5) Brief news articles around 3-5 paragraph selections
Teen Tribune Middle School Some content is geared toward older students and selections are still around 3-5 paragraphs in length
Teen Tribune Espanol New in Spanish
The Tween Tribune offers quizzes, commenting, Common Core Lesson Plan starters, and online classroom features.
Yummy Math
Yummy Math shares math and real world events based on what is happening in the world. Tasks are based on anything from pop culture events, to sports or holidays. The content is news worthy and provides higher order mathematical thinking opportunities to students.
News is available via search or specific categories.
Topics Include:
AlgebraData and Probability
Geometry
Number Sense
Sports
Holidays and Annual Events
Math and Science
Math and Food
Math and Social Studies
Math and Art
Movies and Entertainment
Blog news
Archived news articles are available as well.
Awesome Stories
AwesomeStories chooses age-old stories, current events, and 21st century media; researches context and presents organized relevant primary sources to fuel lessons supporting teachers in engaging students in active learning, developing critical thinking skills, and constructing knowledge. Each captivating story links to relevant primary resources, building a rich context for the story, and enabling a story to support deeper study and cross-curricular instruction. The teacher can lead students through the resources in class or set students loose in the safe, reliable, authentic research website to pursue learning objectives on their own.Topics Include:
BiographiesDisasters
Famous Trials
Flicks
History
Philosophy
Sports
The Arts
Additional Stimulus Tools:
timeforkids.com,cnn.com/studentnews,
http://teachingkidsnews.com,
All High School DataBase Resources :
http://www.tntel.tnsos.org,http://clarksvillehslibrary.weebly.com
http://kidblog.org
ONLINE WRITING TOOL
Kidblog- offers a free safe online environment for your class to publish, read, and revise writing.
Read More About Why Kidblog?
Learn How To Get Started
2. CLICK CREATE A CLASS
3. Choose a Display Name (this will appear on the login screen)
4. Fill in all necessary information
5. Choose A Class Name remember this will appear at the top of the Class Blog
(middle school/high school)
2. Go to Control Panel once logged in your Kidblog account.
3. Near the top of the page click on Users and then click Bulk-Create Users.
3. Near the bottom of the page Browse for the CSV File (which is an excel spreadsheet)
4. Click the Blue Button Process CSV File
5. You will now see the usernames that have been created.
An example:
Kidblog will only allow 50 users per class. If needed, you can also create a new class.
(elementary)
1. Instruct Students To Go To This Page on Student Computers:
http://kidblog.org/home/
2. Students Click The Secret Code Red Button (students will wait for the teacher to display the secret code)
3. Open Teacher Kidblog using your username and password
Example: http://kidblog.org/MrsCaseysClass-5/
4. Teacher Clicks CONTROL PANEL (upper right corner)
5. Teacher Clicks SETTINGS (middle of the page)
6. Teacher Clicks SHOW FOR PROJECTOR/SCREEN this will display the code students will need to type in.
7. Students type the code in and click JOIN CLASS
8. Students type in first name and Compass password.
9. Students will never do this again since they will just go your teacher webpage and click Our Class Blog and then they will pick their name from the list and type in the password there.
Regenerate The Class Code
You will want to regenerate your class code so other student that are not in your class will get it and join the blog.1. The Teacher will go to CONTROL PANEL
2. Click SETTINGS
3. Under Class Signup Code click REGENERATE (this will change the code so others will not know it but you can use the new code if you ever need to add a student quickly)
(elementary)
2. Click on your NAME in the top right corner near the logout link.
3. Click on the USERS tab.
4. Click on ADD NEW USERS.
5. Add a display name for a student (Example Hayden or HaydenD)
6. Add a password (You might manually enter a different password, such as a lunch number for each, or give all students the same password and then have them change it later - Example - panthers.)
7. Make sure "Student" is selected in the ROLE drop down.
8. Click "ADD NEW USER"
9. Repeat steps 5 thru 8 for all students.
How Students Log In
10. When you are ready for students to log in, take them to the direct link to your kidblog. (Example - kidblog.org/MsHooversClass-3)
11. Have them click "Login" in the top right corner on the blue bar.
12. Have them choose their name from the dropdown menu.
13. Have them enter the password you assigned them.
*Changing Backgrounds is now a "paid" feature. Teachers can change the background for the group, but individual students cannot change their own backgrounds.
2. Have them look for the empty picture and CLICK CHANGE AVATAR
3. Students Click OR CHOOSE FROM OUR COLLECTION
4. Students Press SAVE AVATAR
5. Students can also choose the theme that will appear on their Blog by Clicking the dot for the theme they would like
6. Students will have to press UPDATE PROFILE by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
Adjusting The Teacher Control Panel
2. Choose Settings
3. Inside Settings you can adjust control the look and feel of Kidblog including Posts, Comments, and User Permissions *If you want students' posts and comments to show immediately, be sure that the settings for both Posts and Comments are set to No Moderation.
Example Kidblogs
3rd Grade Blog
3rd Grade Blog
4th Grade Math Blog
5th Grade Blog
8th Grade ELA Blog
7th Grade ELA Blog
Our Practice Blog for Today